Kosova: day 1 & 2

Does a day of travel even count as day one of a trip? I guess with that and the 6 hr time change we did lose a day! The travel went well and Brittany and I really enjoyed our airport patdowns instead of the X-ray machines! We made all our flights and nothing was delayed.

In Chicago, we met our miracle for the day when we made it to  gate m1 and found our gate was at m21 which was seriously the longest walk of your life. We had 5 min or less to arrive for boarding, when out of no where, a guy on a cart stops and says: do you need a ride? We told him we hadn't eaten and he even brought us back to a mini food mart ($45 dollars of "snacks for lunch" including just a coke for each person , a bag of chips and a sandwich). We made it to the gate just before they called our section! Thank you cart man who saved us! And of course we had to document the adventure:

 We arrived in beautiful Kosova at noon and went straight to our beautiful guesthouse! They have redone the whole place and we're really excited for us to stAy since we wee the first to stay since the renovations! Britt and I are sharing a room, with a balcony and a great view!

 We hit up a lunch and then toured the city a bit with Carson and Brittany. We even saw a few old friends along the way! Which is always great. 

By 7pm we were dead, since most of us had only gotten 1 hr of sleep since 6am Monday am. So we headed back to the guest house and showered and ordered pizza for delivery. 2.5 € pizza with free delivery! That is what I am talking about! 

Bit the hay around 9:30 and woke up around 6!

Today we are jumping into camp stuff And hopefully I will get to meet with some old friends today! 

The journey begins tomorrow

We hit the trail tomorrow for Kosova!
we have 8 bags in total for the 4 of us.. not including our carry on's... so i guess add another 8 carry on's!
We are bringing over some great supplies and getting it all packed is getting me sooo ready for camp!
I am sure i will be posting lots of pics
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Camp Prep...

As Keith finishes up his week at youth camp, I have been holding down the fort in Loganville getting ready for Leadership camp, which begins in just about two weeks!

It involves lots of computer work, lots of editing and lots of printing, chopping, folding, cutting!
I want to give a huge shoutout to my sister Mallory who printed all 88 shirts for us already! This will give Keith a much needed break from having to do them everynight this week!
We leave in just over a week - 9 days!

There is so much to do, but God always helps everything get in order, so I am not worried!

And of course, the cats always have to help!

Wedding Season

 

December / early January seemed to be Wedding Season!

Laura, my life time friend, got engaged back in August and planned a great wedding for the end of December. I had the honor to be the Matron of Honor and it was great getting to help her plan and be along side her for the ride.

Here are some pictures of the day of the wedding:

 

Congrats to Laura and Garret!

 

In Late November, Kensie my Sister got engaged and she was quick to want to get to try on dresses. her long with 14 of her closest friends and family  ( yes 14 hahaha) piled into David’s Bridal for our our version of “Say Yes to the Dress”

 

 

 

 

Finally on January 3rd we had my cousin Tiffany’s wedding, Keith and I were helping with set up and tear down, so we decided to stay close to the venue and got an awesome hotwire.com deal for a Embassey Suites hotel. We absolutely loved it! We even made a quick Ikea trip in the middle of our day.

 

 

 

Tiffany’s wedding was beautiful and the venues she chose were perfect! We had a great time celebrating with her. Congrats to her and Ryan

 

   

Pallet Creations

Keith has been so crafty lately and has been thinking up lots of ideas and also creating the ideas that i come up with.

Here are a few pictures of the things he has been making!

 

Pallet Dinner Trays:

   

 

Pallet Clocks:

   

 

Pallet Mirror:

Fall & Winter

Is fall over and Winter almost here? Yes it is. Lots have gone on since the last post (Kaylee getting back from Kosovo).

Fall Events are over but not until one more...Thanksgiving.

Feels like this year has gone too fast. With Lots around the corner; Children's Play, Decorating, Movies by the Fire, Spending time with the Family, and the most important of it all...The Birth of our Lord and Savior.

With the hustle and bustle of life we sometimes loose the importance of the small things. With us wanting not to just spend time on the here and now and relax in this moment gets us crazy. Most of us are looking to that next thing we have to do or get. Lets live each day as it comes...From Sun up to Sun down.

Now don't get me wrong; we need to all plan. but lets not over think things.

Slow down. Breathe. Read a book.Write a book. Write a song. Sing a Song. Sit and stare at the wall. Do something that makes you happy. Do something that makes others happy.

Did this post just turn into a lecture? No, but as I have signed my letter since...Well, I cant remember...

It's just from the Heart of

From the Heart of
Keith Davis

Back home sweet home

I walked in early Saturday morning to sleep in our wonderful bed!

Since Keith was at a conference I came home to the kitties who welcome me with much love! 

I took advantage of my time And took a super Dooper long shower. I  pulls only sleep until about 5:30 am, so I got caught up on all my shower and did four loads of laundry! 

My sweet Keith finally got home around 5 ad we spend the rest of the evening talking about everything that happened in both our lives the past three weeks! Since then it has just been go go go and trying to readjust to the time and move back into real life.

I miss Kosova more than ever and was so blessed the spend 18 wonderful days with the people I love there.